Strong H5291נַעֲרָה

maiden

Transliteration
na‛ărâh
Pronunciation
nah-ar-aw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence): - {damsel} maid ({-en}) young (woman).

Detailed definition

STEP sense: maiden

Exact lexical definition: girl

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: נַעֲרָה n.f . girl , damsel girl , damsel of female attendants, maids

In the Bible

Strong H5291 appears in 57 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • damsel29
  • maiden14
  • maid7
  • young4
  • let2
  • pass1
  • woman1

First verses

  1. Genesis 24:14
    And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
  2. Genesis 24:16
    And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
  3. Genesis 24:28
    And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
  4. Genesis 24:55
    And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
  5. Genesis 24:57
    And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
  6. Genesis 24:61
    And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
  7. Genesis 34:3
    And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
  8. Genesis 34:12
    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
  9. Exodus 2:5
    And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
  10. Deuteronomy 22:15
    Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
  11. Deuteronomy 22:16
    And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
  12. Deuteronomy 22:19
    And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
  13. Deuteronomy 22:20
    But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
  14. Deuteronomy 22:21
    Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
  15. Deuteronomy 22:23
    If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
  16. Deuteronomy 22:24
    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
  17. Deuteronomy 22:25
    But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
  18. Deuteronomy 22:26
    But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
  19. Deuteronomy 22:27
    For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
  20. Deuteronomy 22:28
    If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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